Thursday 3rd June - 8pm
Bonington Theatre
Tickets £12
£10/£5 students/children
Evan Christopher (clarinet) Dave Blenkhorn (guitar) Dave Kelbie (guitar) Sebastien Girardot (bass)
Django a la Creole is the fusion of Gypsy swing with hot syncopations from the streets of New Orleans, the Caribbean and Brazil. Elegant and impassioned, New Orleans-based clarinetist Evan Christopher's style is steeped in the tradition exemplified by early jazz masters such as Sidney Bechet, Jimmie Noone, and Barney Bigard. Together with guitarists David Blenkhorn, Dave Kelbie, and bassist Sebastien Girardot, the quartet celebrates the music of the legendary Django Reinhardt and enlivens swing-era classics with fresh interpretations and virtuosic improvisations.
"[Evan] is, in my estimation, not only the greatest jazz clarinetist alive, but one of the greatest of all time." - Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records
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Tickets Available from:
BONINGTON THEATRE - High Street, Arnold ( 0115 956 0733 )
